J. T. O. Tibbits, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

J. T. O. Tibbits. Among the many enterprising and successful farmers of Dallas Township is Mr. Tibbits. He was born in Georgia in 1837, the
second in a family of eight children born to Job W. and Sarah (Somerville) Tibbits. His father followed farming in Georgia until 1858, when he
came to Arkansas, and settled in Calhoun County, Dallas Township. Here he entered 400 acres, all wild, uncultivated land, and at once
commenced clearing and improving it. He died in 1862, after making good improvements. The mother wen to Louisiana, where she became ill; her
son, our subject brought her to his home, where she died in 1873. Our subject was reared to farm labor, and attended school but very little. He
came to Arkansas with his father. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Company K, Fourth Arkansas Infantry, and was in the battle of Pea
Ridge, Arkansas. He was sick for some six months, mostly in the hospital at Memphis; he joined the regiment at West Point, Mississippi, and
was in the battles of Richmond, Kentucky, Murfreesboro, and down through the Georgia campaign. He surrendered with General Johnson at
Greensboro, North Carolina. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, at Peach Tree, Georgia, and again while on his way to meet a
cavalry raid at Lovejoy Station. July 3, 1865, he returned home, after making a short visit to friends in Georgia, and began farming on his father's
farm; he was almost destitute on his arrival in Arkansas. In 1867 he married Mrs. Martha L. Cross. In 1886 he purchased his present farm of
eighty acres, to which he has since added 900 acres, and has 200 acres under cultivation. Here he does general farming, and raises all his own
provisions, and is engaged quite extensively in stock-raising. He has not been active, politically, and votes with the Democratic party. He is an
earnest advocate of public schools, and has served as school director for some years. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Tibbits have been born
nine children, one of which died in infancy, viz: Henry Greston, Ellen Frances, John Morgan (deceased), Joe Johnston, Mollie Bell, Laura Jennie,
Hattie Pearl and Price Etta. Mr. Tibbits is a member of Wheel No. 1227, and is one of the active and enterprising citizens of the
county.